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# Re: verb calling

- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 16:30:28 PST
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- Cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
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    At 06:11 PM 2/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
    >At 06:57 PM 2/25/96 PST, you wrote:
    >>>Hello,
    >>>
    >>>Sorry to bother you all again, but another question came up for me.  I have
    >>>a verb that goes along the lines of this (there might be typeos in this and
    >>>may not compile, it is just an example)
    >>>
    >>>verbname = "next prev again quit"
    >>>
    >>>text = verb;
    >>>$value:text();
    >>>
    >>>and $value will have verbs named "next" "prev" "again" and "quit"
    >>>
    >>>What I want to do, is somehow call one of the verbs on $value by using the
    >>>name used to call the first verb.
    >>>
    >>>I know the above example doesn't work, cause I have tried it....is there
    >>>anyway to do this?
    >>>
    >>
    >>Try putting it in parentheses... $value:(text)().. or you could just skip
    >>the first step and use $value:(verb)().. if you also wanted to pass the
    >>arguments around you could use $value:(verb)(@args).
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I have done this....I still did not work.  I *thought* that is how you
    >called it, but when I compile, it takes the extra ()s out.
    >*sigh*
    >
    >Elisabeth
    >

    Hm I dunno then.. Usually you can call variables like that.. for example if
    a is "blah" you can call an object's "blah" verb with object:(a)(@args)...
    I'll forward this to MOO-Cows since this seems to have gone just to me,
    maybe someone else can figure it out.

    >>
    >>
    >>

    >>>Thanks for all your help
    >>>
    >>>Elisabeth
    >>>Four Seasons MOO
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    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >

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